Jar-cover.



BELL. JAR COVER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20 I914.

1,139,328. Patented May11,1915.

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ISABELL BELL, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

JAR-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11,1915.

Application filed November 20, 1914. Serial No. 873,189.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, ISABELL BELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved J ar-Cover, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a temporary cover, attachable to jars and likevessels, such as butter and preserve jars, jelly glasses and the like, hereinafter generically referred to as jars, whereby to protect the contents of the jar from dust and flies. 7

My novel cover has provision for adjusting its size to suit jars of varying diameter, within the capacity of the cover, and for providing for a minimum exposure of the contents of the jar while affording sufficient access to the latter.

The construction and distinctive characteristics of my improved cover will appear from the following description.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding views in all the parts, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cover embodying my invention, showing the same in place on a jar; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the body of the cover; Fig. 3 is a front view thereof; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the separable portion of the cover to be removed for affording access to the jar; and Fig. 5 is a front view of said separable cover part.

In constructing a practical embodiment of mv invention in accordance with the illustrated example, a split ring 10 is provided and at the back a depending extension 11 is produced on the ring, whereby to give a broad bearing against a jar A to be covered. The ends of the ring 10 are adapted to overlap, and one end is provided with a series of vertical slots 12, there being three shown in the present instance, each slot being enlarged laterally at the center, presenting complementary recesses 13. On the opposite end a fastener in the form of a turn button is secured, here shown as formed of wire, the shank 14 extending through the material of the ring 10 and through washers 15, 15,

best seen in Fig. 2.

The ring is thus adapted to be placed over a jar A by engaging the top back portion 11 with the jar, and the ends of the ring are then overlapped, the fastening button 14: be

ing passed through one of the slots 12, so that the turning of the said turn button through 90 degrees will dispose the button transversely of the slot to hold the ring in place.

The ring is formed with a fixed top portion 16 raised above the top edge of the ring and integral with the latter. The said fixed top portion terminates short ofthe front or overlapped ends of the ring, thereby presenting an opening in front of said fixed portion to afford access to the contents of the jar. The said open portion may be closed by a separable top member 17 of a width at its rear end to extend over the ring and to be slidably received beneath the fixed top portion 17. Said separable top member 17 tapers on rounding lines toward the front and at the front is formed with a forward extension or lip 18 which overhangs beyond the ring 10' to .be conveniently grasped between the fingers for the removal or replacing of said removable top member.

To hold the top member 17 in position on the ring, said member is provided, adjacent to the base of the lip 18 with a fastener element 19, presenting a slot or opening to receive the turn button 14 when the latter is disposed vertically. The said fastener element 19 is here shown as in the form of a wire returned on itself, the ends being passed upwardly through the material of the element 17 and bent downwardly against the latter as at 19.

It will thus be seen that the turn button 14: serves to retain the separable cover member in position, in addition to clamping the split ring 10 in position on the jar A.

By the described construction the cover may be applied to any jar or glass within the capacity of the ring 10, and with the separable element 17 provision is made for the proper protection of the contents of the jar against contamination, while the removal of said separable element 17 affords sufficient access to the jar for the removal of the contents thereof from time to time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A cover of the character described comprising a split ring, having overlapping ends at the front and provided with a fixed top portion terminating short of the front of the ring, a separable top member covering the ring between the fixed top portion and the front, and fastening means for the overlapped ends of the ring, said separable top member having an element co-acting with the said fastening means to hold said separable member detachably in position.

I 2. A cover of the character described, comprising a split ring adapted to encircle a jar, said ring having overlapped ends, and a fixed top portion thereon raised above the upper edge of the ring, a separable top member slidably fitting at its rear end beneath thefixed top portion, a turn button on one end of the ring detachably engaging the opposite end, and an element on the separable cover member detachably engaged by said turn button.

. Copies of this patent may be obtained for 3. A cover of the character described comprising a split ring presenting overlapping ends at the front of the ring, and formed five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner." of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

